Pork Business
The U.S. exported more than $850 million of pork to Canada in 2024, while that country sent $1.7 billion of pork to the U.S.
Cash-traded feeder pig reported volume was above average with 15,490 head reported. Cash feeder pig reported prices were $104.53, down $1.65 per head from last week.
Livestock industry responds to 17-year-old Alonso Apodaca’s decision to let steers loose at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
The Power of Meat report released on March 24 reveals some major wins for the livestock and poultry industry.
Here’s a quick look at awards achieved and opportunities afforded in the U.S. pork industry.
A new report from Terrain answered three pressing questions about the evolving global economic dynamics
With tariffs and trade in focus again, a recent AgWeb poll asked farmers if they support President Donald Trump’s use of tariffs as a negotiating strategy.
Replacing some amount of commercial fertilizers with manure maintains annual crop yields, increases soil organic carbon storage, reduces GHG emissions, and reduces crops’ carbon footprint, the organization points out.
H5N1 is different than other new swine disease outbreaks because USDA has jurisdiction over H5 in any animal, so they have the regulatory authority, says Scanlon Daniels, DVM.
The majority of respondents in the March Ag Economists’ Monthly Monitor agree the U.S. is currently in a trade war, but who wins? Ag economists say it’s not the U.S., Canada or Mexico but rather Brazil that could come out on top.
For the first time in over 50 years, Slovakia detects foot-and-mouth disease in three farms.
Emma Zwart presents the findings of her Porcine Astrovirus Type 4 study and the best sampling techniques she discovered for detection and surveillance of this virus.
Rafe Royall will serve as a new assistant professor and SDSU extension swine specialist and Kaylyn Rudy is the new SDSU extension swine field specialist.
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins says the agency is hyper-focused on poultry, but no vaccine is yet available. The agency has ‘separate work streams’ to address the virus in the ‘cattle and dairy’ industries, but dairy is not part of USDA’s primary focus for now.
Tariff whiplash is consuming the commodity markets — and the possible impact is stirring up quite the debate. At present, President Trump says he’s sticking to his plan to impose additional tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China starting April 2.
Even with an improved outlook,Ever.Ag chief economist Lee Schulz says his forecast points to another tough reality: producers won’t get back to break-even levels on their balance sheets until August of this year, a testament to just how steep losses were in 2023.
After years of waiting and mixed signals, pork producers respond to USDA’s action to extend waivers allowing pork processors to operate at higher line speeds.
Check out Sterling Marketing’s Pork Profit Tracker for the week ending March 14.
This world-renowned pork industry event returns to Des Moines June 4-5.
While tariffs are negative for grain and hog producers, tariffs on U.S. beef and cattle imports have a net effect of tightening supplies and that’s price positive.
Rollins takes action to streamline U.S. pork and poultry processing.
Cash-traded feeder pig reported volume was above average this past week, with 23,100 head reported. Cash feeder pig reported prices were $106.18, up $3.49 per head from last week.
Two of the key messages that surfaced during the strategic planning process were to be bold and improve demand. What does that mean for producers?
U.S. pork producers now have maintained access and increased certainty to export their products to the 1.4-billion-person Chinese market, says NPPC CEO Bryan Humphreys.
The renewals are a relief to U.S. farmers and meat companies as they navigate trade disputes with major agricultural importers, including China and Canada.
The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine student Patrick Jung compared two well-known antibiotics, Tylvalosin and Lincomycin, for controlling ileitis in finishing pigs.
The National Pork Producers Council honors outstanding students pursuing a future in the pork industry.
The registration status for pork, beef and poultry plants across the U.S., including some owned by major producers, was changed from “effective” to “expired.”
Here’s a quick run-down of some of the hot topics discussed at National Pork Industry Forum.
Members bring decades of experience and a commitment to advancing and defending the interests of U.S. pork producers.